In a message dated 11/14/01 3:28:03 PM,
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com writes:
<< the reader might be carried along into the belief
that Spenser is innocent, in fact he bears equal
responsibility, morally, ethically, and, certainly, legally
for a killing that he's already decided is morally and
ethically unjustified. >>
Jim's right. If your friend commits murder, especially in
your presence, and especially especially of someone you want
dead, and you continue to associate with him afterward, you
are tacitly approving, or at the very least, not disapproving
of his actions. In the eyes of the law, while this may not
qualify you for the death penalty, it will still get you
twenty years. And that's only if you roll over on your less
"principled" buddy. Which is something a wimp who can't do
his own damn killing would in all likelihood do.
John Lau
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